Geoffrey R. Hutchison

Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Chevron Science Center
219 Parkman Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
geoffh [@] pitt.edu
resume [@] geoffhutchison.net

Empolyment:

University of Pittsburgh2007–present

Assistant Professor.

Education:

Northwestern University1999–2004

Ph.D. in Chemistry, completed January 2004, awarded June 2004.

Dissertation: Theoretical Studies of Optics and Charge Transport in Organic Conducting Oligomers and Polymers: Rational Design of Improved Transparent and Conducting Polymers
Professors Tobin J. Marks and Mark A. Ratner, joint advisors.
PDF available upon request.

Williams College1995–1999

B.A. in Chemistry, with honors, magna cum laude, June 1999.

Research Experience:

Cornell University2004–2007

Postdoctoral Associate. “Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Molecular Electronics: Dimensional Scaling and Molecules on the Nanoscale.”
Professor Héctor Abruña, advisor.

University of Leiden, Netherlands1998

Summer research assistant. “Iron(II) Pyridyl-Triazole Spin Transition Complexes.”
Department of Chemistry, Prof. Jaap Haasnoot, Prof. Dr. Jan Reedijk, advisors.

Williams College1997-1999

Research assistant 1998–1999. Senior Thesis: The Preparation and Characterization of Platinum(II) Liquid Crystalline Compounds.
Professor Lee Y. Park, advisor.

Research assistant 1997. “Turing Patterns in a Cellular Automata Reaction-Diffusion Chemical Dynamics Model with a Self-Complementary Template”
Professor Enrique Peacock-Lopez, advisor.

Teaching Experience:

Northwestern University1999–2004

Head teaching assistant 2001, 2002. “Accelerated General Inorganic Chemistry”.
Professor George C. Schatz.

Laboratory teaching assistant 1999–2000. “General Chemistry”
Dr. Lynn Hunsberger.

Williams College1997

Teaching assistant 1997. “Advanced General Chemistry.”
Professor Raymond Chang.

Professional Memberships and Awards:

American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, Phi Lambda Upsilon - Honorary Chemical Society, Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society, 2002 IBM Graduate Student Computational Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society, 2001 and 2002 Northwestern University Materials Research Center Fellowship, 1999 Williams College American Institute of Chemists Award, 1998 Williams College Analytical Chemistry Award.

Founder and senior developer of the Open Babel chemistry project.

Founder and senior developer of the Avogadro molecular editor.

Publications:

26. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Yasuyuki Kiya, Jay C. Henderson, Héctor D. Abruña. “Electronic Structure and Redox Properties of Substituted Polythiophenes. Statistical Searching for Improved Polymer Cathode Materials.” In Preparation.
25. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Samuel Flores-Torres, Héctor D. Abruña. “Electronic Structure of Low-Band Gap Inorganic Molecular Wires: First Principles, Semiempirical Methodologies and Explicit Anions.” In Preparation.
24. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Henry Rzepa, Christopher Swain. “ChemSpotlight: Dynamic Indexing of Chemical Metadata.” In Preparation.
23. Noel M. O'Boyle, Chris Morley, Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Pybel: a Python wrapper for the OpenBabel cheminformatics toolkit.” Chem. Central J. 2008 Accepted Online.
22. Yasuyuki Kiya, Jay C. Henderson, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Héctor D. Abruña. “5,5'-Bis(methylthio)-2,2'-bithiophene: A Potential Cathode Electroactive Material for Energy Storage Devices.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2008 112(10) 3989–3997. Online
21. Héctor D. Abruña, Futoshi Matsumoto, Jamie L. Cohen, Jing Jin, Chandrani Roychowdhury, Mark Prochaska, Bruce R. van Dover, Frank J. DiSalvo, Yasuyuki Kiya, Jay C. Henderson, Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Electrochemical Energy Generation and Storage. Fuel Cells and Lithium-Ion Batteries.” Bull. Chem. Soc. Jap. 2007 80(10) 1843–1855. Online
20. Yasuyuki Kiya, Jay C. Henderson, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Héctor D. Abruña. “Synthesis, Computational and Electrochemical Characterization of a Library of Functionalized Dimercaptothiophenes for Potential Use as High-Energy Cathode Materials for Lithium/Lithium-Ion Polymer Batteries.” J. Mater. Chem. 2007 17(41) 4366–4376. Online.
19. J. J. Parks, A. R. Champagne, G. R. Hutchison, S. Flores-Torres, H. D. Abruña, D. C. Ralph. “Tuning the Kondo Effect With a Mechanically Controllable Break Junction.” Physical Review Letters 2007 99(2) 026601. Online
18. Yasuyuki Kiya, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Jay C. Henderson, Tomoo Sarukawa, Osamu Hatozaki, Noboru Oyama, Héctor D. Abruña. “Elucidation of the Redox Behavior of 2,5-Dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole (DMcT) at Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) Modified Electrodes and Application of DMcT-PEDOT Composite Cathodes to Lithium/Lithium-Ion Batteries.” Langmuir 2006 22(25) 10554–10563. Online
17. Yasuyuki Kiya, Jay C. Henderson, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Héctor D. Abruña. “Electroactive Sulfur-Containing Polymers for Lithium/Lithium-Ion Applications using Conducting Polymer Electrocatalysis.” Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng. 2006 95 858–859.
16. Rajarshi Guha, Michael T. Howard, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Peter Murray-Rust, Henry Rzepa, Christoph Steinbeck, Jorg Wegner, Egon Willighagen. “The Blue Obelisk -- Interoperability in Chemical Informatics.” J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2006 46(3) 991–998. Online
15. Samuel Flores-Torres, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Leonard J. Soltzberg, Héctor D. Abruña. “Ruthenium Molecular Wires with Conjugated Bridging Ligands: Onset of Band Formation in Linear Inorganic Conjugated Oligomers.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 128(5) 1513–1522. Online
14. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Intermolecular Charge Transfer of Heterocyclic Oligomers. Effects of Heteroatom and Orientation on Hopping Transport.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 127(48) 16866–16881. Online
13. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Hopping Transport in Conductive Heterocyclic Oligomers. Reorganization Energies and Substituent Effects.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 127(7) 2339–2350. Online
12. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Electronic Structure and Band Gaps in Cationic Heterocyclic Oligomers. Multidimensional Analysis of the Interplay of Heteroatoms, Substituent, Molecular Length and Charge.” J. Phys. Chem. B 2005 109(8) 3126–3138. Online
11. Antonio Facchetti, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Shahar Keinan, Mark A. Ratner. “Control mechanisms for transport and nonlinear optical response in organic materials: A tale of twists and barriers.” Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2004 357(13) 3980–3990. Online
10. Antonio Facchetti, Melissa Mushrush, Myung-Han Yoon, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Building Blocks for n-Type Molecular and Polymeric Electronics. Perfluoroalkyl- Versus Alkyl-Functionalized Oligothiophenes (nT; n = 2–6). Systematics of Thin Film Microstructure, Semiconductor Performance, and Modeling of Charge Injection in Field-Effect Transistors.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004 126(42) 13859–13874. Online
9. Antonio Facchetti, Myung-Han Yoon, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Charlotte L. Stern, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Building Blocks for N-Type Molecular and Polymeric Electronics. Perfluoroalkyl- Versus Alkyl-Functionalized Oligothiophenes (nTs; n = 2–6). Systematic Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, and Solid-State Organization.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004 126(41) 13480–13501. Online
8. Antonio Facchetti, Geoffrey Hutchison, Myung-Han Yoon, Joseph Letizia, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Strategies for N-Type Molecular and Polymeric Electrical Conductors. Design, Synthesis, and Characterization.” Polym. Preprints 2004 45(1) 185–186.
7. G. R. Hutchison, Yu-Jun Zhao, B. Delley, A. J. Freeman, M. A. Ratner, T. J. Marks. “Electronic Structure of Conducting Polymers: Limitations of Oligomer Extrapolation and Effects of Heteroatoms.” Phys. Rev. B 2003 68(3) 035204. Online
6. Yuri A. Berlin, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Pawel Rempala, Mark A. Ratner, Josef Michl. “Charge Hopping in Molecular Wires as a Sequence of Electron Transfer Reactions.” J. Phys. Chem. A 2003 107(19) 3970–3980. Online
5. Ji Cui, Qinglan Huang, Jonathan C. G. Veinot, He Yan, Qingwu Wang, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Andrew G. Richter, Guennadi Evmenenko, Pulak Dutta, Tobin J. Marks. “Anode Interfacial Engineering Approaches to Enhancing Anode/Hole Transport Layer Interfacial Stability and Charge Injection Efficiency in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes.” Langmuir 2002 18(25) 9958–9970. Online
4. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Accurate Prediction of Band Gaps in Neutral Heterocylic Conjugated Polymers.” J. Phys. Chem. A 2002 106(44) 10596–10605. Online
3. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Towards a Reliable Methodology for Predicting Bandgaps in Conducting Polymers.” Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng. 2001 85 609–610.
2. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks, R. Naaman. “Adsorption of Polar Molecules on a Molecular Surface.” J. Phys. Chem. B 2001 105(15), 2881–2884. Online
1. Leo L. Tsai, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Enrique Peacock-Lopez. “Turing Patterns in a Self-Replicating Mechanism with a Self-Complementary Template.” J. Chem. Phys. 2000 113(5) 2003–2006. Online

Oral Presentations:

14. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Samuel Flores-Torres, Jacob E. Grose, Daniel C. Ralph, Héctor D. Abruña. “Experimental and Computational Studies of π-Conjugated Inorganic Single-Molecule Wires” American Chemical Society Northeast Regional Meeting, Fall 2006, Binghamton, New York, Nanotechnology Session, October 5–6, 2006.
13. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Samuel Flores-Torres, Héctor D. Abruña. “Electronic Structure Calculations of Low-Band Gap Inorganic Molecular Wires using Semiempirical Methodologies and Explicit Anions” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2006, San Francisco, California, Inorganic Division: September 10–14, 2006.
12. Yasuyuki Kiya, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Jay C. Henderson, Héctor D. Abruña. “Electroactive Sulfur-Containing Polymers for Lithium/Lithium-Ion Applications using Conducting Polymer Electrocatalysis” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2006, San Francisco, California, PMSE Division: September 10–14, 2006.
11. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Tobias Helmus, Stefan Kuhn, Henry S. Rzepa, Christoph Steinbeck, Christopher Swain, Egon L. Willighagen. “Dynamic Indexing of Chemical Metadata using Open Tools: Case Study of Open Babel, CDK, and the Blue Obelisk” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2006, San Francisco, California, Chemical Information Division: September 10–14, 2006. (PDF) QT
10. Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Conjugated Electronic Materials: From Organic Polymers to Molecular Wires” Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Special Seminar, Cornell University, January 19, 2006.
9. Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Open Babel: File Translation for Computational Chemistry and Nanoscience” NNIN/CNF Fall Workshop, Cornell University, October 11, 2005. (PDF) QT
8. Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Conjugated Electronic Materials: From Organic Polymers to Molecular Wires” Department of Chemistry, General Seminar, State University of New York at Binghamton, April 15, 2005.
7. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Samuel Flores-Torres, Jay Henderson, Héctor D. Abruña. “Inorganic Molecular Wires with Bridging Pi-Ligands: Onset of Band Formation and Tailorable Electronic Structure Properties” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Spring 2005, San Diego, California, Inorganic Division: March 13–17, 2005.
6. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Samuel Flores-Torres, Jay Henderson, Héctor D. Abruña. “Computational Modeling of Inorganic Complexes for Molecular Electronics” Contributed Short Talk, Gordon Research Conference, Electrochemistry: February 20–25, 2005.
5. Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Calming the Proliferation of Chemical Representations with Open Babel.” eChemInfo Virtual Lectures, May 2004. Online (PDF) QT
4. Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Directions in Transparent Conducting Polymers: Organic Conductive Materials for Inorganic Chemists” Department of Chemistry Seminar, Northwestern University, October 17, 2003.
3. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Studies on Transparent Conducting Polymers.” Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio-Nanomaterials Symposium 2003, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico: August 11–16, 2003.
2. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Towards a Reliable Methodology for Predicting Bandgaps in Conducting Polymers.” 222nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2001, Chicago, Illinois, Polymer Materials: Science and Engineering Division: August 26–30, 2001.
1. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Electronic Structure Studies of Transparent Conducting Polymers.” Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio-materials Symposium 2001, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico: August 13–16, 2001.

Poster Presentations:

8. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Samuel Flores-Torres, Jacob E. Grose, Daniel C. Ralph, Héctor D. Abruña. “Experimental and Computational Studies of π-Conjugated Inorganic Single-Molecule Wires” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Fall 2006, San Francisco, California, September 10–14, 2006.
7. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Samuel Flores-Torres, Jacob E. Grose, Daniel C. Ralph, Héctor D. Abruña. “Small Band Gap Conjugated Molecular Wires: Synthesis, Theory, and Single-Molecule Devices” Gordon Research Conference, Electronic Processes in Organic Materials: July 30–August 4, 2006.
6. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Samuel Flores-Torres, Jay Henderson, Héctor D. Abruña. “Inorganic Molecular Wires with Bridging Pi-Ligands: Onset of Band Formation and Tailorable Electronic Structure Properties” Gordon Research Conference, Electrochemistry: February 20–25, 2005.
5. Burak Ülgüt, Jacob E. Grose, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Daniel C. Ralph, Héctor D. Abruña. “Dimensional Scaling For Molecular Electronics: Challenges In Correlating Bulk And Nanoscale Properties”Gordon Research Conference, Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions: August 8–13, 2004.
4. Samuel Flores-Torres, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Jing Jin, Daniel Blasini, Héctor D. Abruña. “Metal Coordination Oligomers: Electronic Structure of Ruthenium-Based Molecular Wires” Gordon Research Conference, Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions: August 8–13, 2004.
3. Burak Ülgüt, Jacob E. Grose, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Daniel C. Ralph, Héctor D. Abruña. “Dimensional Scaling For Molecular Electronics: Challenges In Correlating Bulk And Nanoscale Properties” Sixth International Symposium on Functional Pi-Electron Systems: June 14–18, 2004.
2. Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Mark A. Ratner, Tobin J. Marks. “Theoretical Models of Neutral and Doped Conjugated Polymers.” Gordon Research Conference, Electronic Processes in Organic Materials: July 21–26, 2002.
1. Lee Y. Park, Michelle B. Dunn, Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Development of Novel 1-D Materials Using a Metallomesogenic Approach.” 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Spring 2000, San Francisco, California, Inorganic Division: March 26–30, 2000.

References:

Available upon request.

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